Matt's Story

[believer135]

His mother was asleep in the car—
red-cheeked as a painted doll.  
Her eyes fixed on some distant
point beyond his shoulder. He turned
but saw nothing.
His father unlocked the door,
and moved her head as if to pose her, but
his mother was asleep in the car.

"red-cheeked as a painted doll." Nice imagery here. undefined

"Her eyes fixed on some distant 
point beyond his shoulder. He turned 
but saw nothing"-This makes me think that she is dead and the child hasn't noticed yet.  If this wasn't your purpose, I'm sorry that I misunderstood.